US, North Korea nuclear talks have broken off

STOCKHOLM - Working-level nuclear talks

between North Korea and the United States have broken off, North

Korea's chief negotiator said on Saturday.

"The negotiations have not fulfilled our expectation and

finally broke off," the North's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim

Myong Gil, told reporters through an interpreter outside the

country's embassy in Stockholm.

The North Korean delegation arrived in Stockholm on Thursday

for the working-level denuclearization talks.

North Korea said on Wednesday it had successfully test-fired

a new submarine-launched ballistic missile. The launch was the

most provocative by North Korea since it resumed dialogue with

the United States in 2018. U.N. Security Council resolutions ban

Pyongyang from using ballistic missile technology.

In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, an underwater-launched missile lifts off in the waters off North Korea's eastern coastal town of Wonsan. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a suggestion that it may have tested an underwater-launched missile for the first time in three years ahead of a resumption of nuclear talks with the United States this weekend. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)